Rajesh Uppal
March 19, 2019 Army & Land, Material
1,546
Norwegian oil and gas industry is heading into the Arctic, and its looking for Work clothing specifically tailored to Arctic conditions is hard to find. Industrial designers have now joined forces with researchers to create the perfect clothing concept. Wenaas is a leading supplier of work clothing to the oil …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 15, 2019 Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries, Security & Threat Management, Unmanned & Autonomous Systems
3,070
EOD operators or ammunition technical officers conduct some of the military’s most dangerous jobs, who has the daunting task of dismantling, defusing and disposing bombs and other explosive ordnance, often in the most hostile and challenging of environments. Making this job safer are bomb disposal robots, unmanned vehicles capable of disabling …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 14, 2019 Cyber & IW
868
An advanced persistent threat (APT) refer to complex, sophisticated and stealthy techniques of using software, hardware or social engineering tools to continuously monitor and extract data from targets such as organizations and/or nations for business or political motives. They typically start with seemingly benign activities that do not trigger any …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 13, 2019 Air Force & Aviation, Thermal, Propulsion & Energy
1,158
Sometimes long runways required by conventional aircrafts aren’t available to use or there is a need for an aircraft to use no runways at all. Vertical take-off and landing VTOL technology means aircraft can theoretically take off and land almost anywhere, making them far more flexible. They’re also able to perform …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 12, 2019 AI & IT, Industry & Market Dynamics
624
As modern software systems continue inexorably to increase in complexity and capability, users have become accustomed to periodic cycles of updating and upgrading to avoid obsolescence—if at some cost in terms of frustration. In the case of the U.S. military, having access to well-functioning software systems and underlying content is …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 11, 2019 Nanotech, Photonics
250
Imagine driving along the highway with directions and other pertinent information (think gas stations) appearing “on” your glasses so you ,don’t have to look away from the road. Or building a complicated DIY project with step-by-step instructions appearing “on” your glasses. Or being a first-responder unsure which way to go, …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 8, 2019 Navy & Maritime
1,435
China has boosted its submarine force over the last 20 years, building a modern, flexible force that now has more total ships than the US. The force currently numbers 56 subs – four nuclear-powered missile subs, five nuclear-powered attack subs, and 47 diesel-powered attack subs – and is likely grow …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 6, 2019 Cyber & IW, Security & Threat Management
371
Synthetic identity theft is a type of fraud in which a criminal combines real and fake information to create a new identity, which is used to open fraudulent accounts and make fraudulent purchases. Fraudsters use this fictitious identity for obtaining credit, opening deposit accounts and obtaining driver’s licenses and passports. …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 4, 2019 AI & IT, Strategy, Policy & Governance
2,054
ISR is one of the US Air Force’s five enduring core missions along with air and space superiority, rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control. AF ISR is integral to Global Vigilance for the nation and is foundational to Global Reach and Global Power. ISR is defined in Joint …
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Rajesh Uppal
March 4, 2019 Cyber & IW, Industry & Market Dynamics
420
By 2025, it is predicted that there can be as many as 100 billion connected IoT devices or network of everyday objects as well as sensors that will be infused with intelligence and computing capability. These devices shall comprise of personal devices such as smart watches, digital glasses and fitness …
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